In Orsha, Yeremenko walked restlessly around the headquarters, like a lion trapped in a cage.

A staff officer put down the phone in his ear and shouted to Yeremenko: "Comrade commander, the phone number of the military headquarters of the 47th Army. ”

Yeremenko rushed to the staff officer's side with an arrow, grabbed the phone and shouted: "What is the situation in Balantown? What was already occupied by the Germans? The counterattacking forces were also repulsed with heavy losses. The Germans are rushing to Orsha? ”

When Yeremenko shouted into the phone, the staff officers in the command headquarters were invariably attracted by what he shouted and looked at him, and expressions of horror, frustration and apprehension appeared on their faces.

In less than a day, the Germans actually broke through the defensive line on the perimeter of Orsha and repelled the counterattacking tank units, what kind of combat effectiveness is this? Does it mean that the Germans are about to reach Orsha, which is about to be covered in even more intense fighting?

How long could the defense of Orsha City hold out under the attack of the Germans?

Yeremenko did not notice the uneasy look on the faces of the staff officers, and continued to speak into the phone: "You said that General Kurochkin learned about the situation from you? Let him come to me at once, and your troops will immediately withdraw and set up a defense outside the city of Orsha, and be sure to keep the Germans out of the city. ”

About twenty minutes after Yeremenko put down the phone, a tall, burly, bald lieutenant general rushed into the headquarters.

Seeing the arrival of the commander of the 20th Army, Kurochkin, Yeremenko hurriedly greeted him and asked excitedly: "Comrade Kurochkin, tell me what you know." ”

Kurochkin picked up the glass on the table first. Knock poured a stomach of cold water. Then he wiped his sweat and said, "The situation is not optimistic. But we still have a chance to defeat the enemy, as long as we can calmly grasp this opportunity and not make mistakes ourselves. ”

Yeremenko said: "Tell me, where is our chance, the enemy has broken through the first line of defense in the town of Balan and is about to reach Orsha, and we are running out of time. ”

Pointing to the map, Kurochkin said: "The 47th Army escaped from the Minsk encirclement, fled all the way and engaged the enemy all the way. He knew the tactics and combat of the Germans very well.

Behind the 47th Army was the 14th Panzer Corps of the 1st Panzer Army, which was characterized by being good at field warfare and not good at street fighting, and, judging by the battles of Borisov, the enemy was accustomed to taking cities by means of roundabout.

Our opportunity is here, and we must make the most of the weaknesses of the earthlings. When will our mechanized corps arrive? ”

"The vanguard of the 23rd Mechanized Army has arrived, the armored troops that counterattacked in Balan Town are the follow-up troops are rushing to Orsha one after another, and the girls are also arriving with the 23rd Mechanized Army, and they will be able to enter the battle tomorrow."

Girls? Kurochkin automatically made up a beautiful picture in his brain.

In the art troupe, a group of beautiful and cute young female soldiers with slender bodies sang and danced around them. The girls smiled and smiled, and the touching fragrance came to their faces.

Shake your head. Kurochkin shook off the images that made him feel apright in his mind, and said: "Orsha City is backed by the Dnieper River, the enemy will definitely not only want to seize the bridge in Orsha City, they will definitely use the tactics of outflanking, we can use their tactics"

Yeremenko knocked on the table and shouted excitedly: "I understand what you mean, unless the Germans do not come, I will let them know how good we are, and let them know how strong the girls are." ”

Kurochkin glanced at Yeremenko, who was a little overexcited, and then glanced at the young staff officers in the command room whose eyes were shining, and kindly reminded: "If things don't come to the most critical moment, we try not to let female soldiers go to battle." ”

Yeremenko was unmoved, and insisted: "I'm not talking about the female soldiers of the art troupe and the hospital, but the female soldiers I am talking about are trained combat arms, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, which will surely surprise the Germans." ”

In the devastated town of Balan, Lieutenant General Chen Dao and Hui Biqi wandered among the bomb craters and dead bodies on the ground.

Chen Dao pointed to the corpse lying on the side of the road on the earthen wall, and motioned for Lieutenant General Hui Biqi to pay attention.

Lieutenant General Hui Biqi saw that the corpse was intact in appearance, the military uniform was intact, there were no signs of shrapnel, but the mouth was wide open, and his hands were clasped on the bloodstained throat.

Chen Dao patiently explained the principle of the cloudburst bomb to Lieutenant General Hui Biqi.

"When the cloudburst bomb is dropped or launched over the target, the mother bomb is detonated under the action of a special fuse, and the fuel in the missile body is evenly dispersed in the air, which is fully mixed with the air to form an aerosol in a suspended state, and gathers over the target to form a cover, which looks like a dense fog from a distance.

When the aerosol reaches a certain concentration, the fuse detonates for the second time in the air, detonating the whole mass of fuel, instantly releasing a large amount of heat energy, forming a high-temperature and high-pressure fireball, the temperature of which is usually about 2500 °C, and rapidly expands at a speed of 2000 to 2500 meters per second to achieve the purpose of destroying the target.

Because the detonation time is dozens of times longer than that of ordinary bombs, and the invasion time of high temperature and high pressure to the target is also dozens of times, the destructive effect is much greater than that of ordinary bombs. Because the cloud detonation will consume the surrounding oxygen, the explosion site is generally seriously hypoxic within four minutes, which has a suffocating effect on humans and animals, and the unlucky guy you see should be suffocated to death. ”

The high temperature of 2,500 degrees was 2,500 degrees, and there was a lack of oxygen at the explosion site for four minutes, and the beads of sweat on Lieutenant General Hui Biqi's face were dripping down, I don't know if he was frightened by this number or because the weather was too hot.

"I just want to say one thing about this unfortunate bastard, poor fellow." Lieutenant General Hui Biqi said.

"There aren't many cloudburst shells, and if it weren't for the revenge of our scouts, I wouldn't have wasted it on this town. What do we do next? Chen Dao said.

"The task of attacking the city was given to the Guard Flag Division, and our task was to clear the way into the city for them, and then find other roads to bypass Orsha and outflank the rear of the Soviet troops in the city, as we did in Borisov." Lieutenant General Hui Biqi said.

"The Viking division is seeking a breakthrough in the Shklov generation south of Orsha, where there is no room for us to fight, and if we are going to take a roundabout tactic, we should have sent people to the north earlier to find a way." Chen Dao said.

"I have sent Major Krügel's troops to look for a way, and hopefully he will find a breakthrough in the enemy's line." Lieutenant General Hui Biqi said.

Looking at the approaching night, Chen Dao said: "They have a night to search, and I hope they can bring us good news before dawn." ”

Unbeknownst to Lieutenant General Chen Dao and Lieutenant General Hui Biqi, after a night of searching, Major Krugel led the Ninth Panzer Division and plunged headlong into the arms of a group of girls

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PS: The left eye is better, in order to avoid the recurrence of the disease, today I will have a small chapter, and tomorrow I will make up for everyone. (To be continued.) )